German verb · CEFR B2

vornehmen

Meaning in English: to carry out; to plan (sich)

Rank 4,467 of 5,000verbLevel B22 forms in the list
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Example

Wir müssen noch ein paar Änderungen vornehmen.

We still need to make a few changes.

Forms of vornehmen in the top 5,000

German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of vornehmen are also in the top 5,000:

vorgenommen#2,564
carried out; resolved (sich)B2

Ich habe mir vorgenommen, mehr Sport zu machen.
I've resolved to do more sport.

How common is vornehmen?

vornehmen is number 4,467 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 55,000 words. Its most frequent form is vorgenommen (#2,564).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Related words in the list

vornehmen is built from nehmen (to take).

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,463NiederlandenNetherlands (dative)
  2. 4,464die Kürzebrevity (in Kürze: shortly)
  3. 4,465Stoffesubstances, fabrics
  4. 4,466jenerthat, that one (formal)
  5. 4,467vornehmento carry out; to plan (sich)
  6. 4,468gesundenhealthy
  7. 4,469gewachsengrown; up to (a task)
  8. 4,470der Kaiseremperor
  9. 4,471die Mitgliederversammlunggeneral meeting (of members)

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